EP PetroEcuador Cuts Import Budget By $191.7mn

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 5.May.2020) — EP PetroEcuador reprogrammed its imports of high-octane naphtha ron 93, naphtha ron 80, premium diesel, cutter stock and diesel oil. “Derivatives imports have been rescheduled for May and June of this year, so we will have a $191.7 million reduction in the annual […]

PetroEcuador Implementing Coronavirus Protocols

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 18.Mar.2020) — Ecuador’s state oil company EP PetroEcuador has begun to implement office protocols to reduce the spread of coronvirus. Once Ecuador declared a health emergency, PetroEcuador began to implement safety precautions that would allow its activities to continue including those related to signing contracts […]

EP PetroEcuador GM Visits Balao Maritime Terminal

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 11.Mar.2020) — EP PetroEcuador General Manager Pablo Flores supervised operations at the Esmeraldas Maritime Port and the Balao Maritime Terminal, which are part of the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE), and where the company carries out crude oil export activities essential for Ecuador’s economy. During the […]

EP PetroEcuador Awards First Spot Sale Of 2020

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 19.Feb.2020) — Ecuador’s state oil entity EP Petroecuador awarded its first spot market sale of 2020 to refining company Phillips 66 Company. The deal is for approximately 1,080,000 barrels of 24-degree API crude oil, EP PetroEcuador announced 19 February 2020 in an official statement. EP […]

PetroEcuador Renegotiates Deal With Asia’s PTT

(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 21.Feb.2020) — Empresa Pública PetroEcuador completed negotiations with Thailand state-owned company PTT International Trading PTE. LTD. related to reprogrammed 6,480,000 barrels of crude oil, equivalent to 18 shipments of 360,000 barrels each. The volume represents estimated income of $373,705,202, since the barrels can be marketed […]